1. Great Depression – Ch. 14 Review

2. Depression Schoolhouse
What caused the G.D.?
Depression Schoolhouse

3. Who was the president when the G.D. began? Was he to blame?
Nebraska Dust Storm

4. This is when you buy stock by only giving the broker 10% of the value.

5. What area did the ‘Dust Bowl’ affect?
Dust Storm

6. Why did so many banks fail?
Kentucky Farm For Sale

7. What was the effect of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act?
F a r m A u c t i o n

8. Which groups did the Depression hit particularly hard? Why?
Making Supper

9. Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington D.C.?
Nowhere else to go.

10. What was Hoover’s philosophy regarding ‘direct relief’?
Farmers say, “Calif. or Bust!”

11. Still waiting for the wealth to trickle down…
What was the goal of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation? Who / What was it supposed to help?
Still waiting for the wealth to trickle down…

12. Where did people live who were kicked out of their homes?
Kids stranded in “shanty-town”

13. Hoover urged businesses to not lay off workers, and he urged charities to help those in need. This concept is known as __________.